Stephen Semler

@stephensemler · joined 02 Jan 2020

Producer of charts and policy analysis for the working class. | Newsletter: https://t.co/vvMRuK5lTB

14 805Followers

2 894Following

20 080Posts total

956.5KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

8 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown to more people than peers of the same size.

Median views42 987this account949median for 10K–100K

Reach, %290.35%this account3.23%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.65%this account2.00%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	42 987	949	45.3×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.9× audience	3.23%	89.9×
Engagement rate	1.65%	2.00%	0.82×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

424.6K23 Aug

1.4K

171.9K25 Aug

269.2K

54.4K

2.3K

1.1K27 Aug

31.5K

Last 8 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.42%23 Aug

3.97%

0.28%25 Aug

0.45%

1.93%

3.48%

1.66%27 Aug

1.64%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 2.00%.

What the audience does

Likes61.9%3 250 in total

Reposts10.1%530 in total

Replies19.4%1 017 in total

Quotes7.8%407 in total

Bookmarks0.9%46 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

Where each ranks in terms of pro-Israel cash received in their respective chamber: Slotkin: 7th Gottheimer: 3rd Rosen: 1st Lee: 141st Jeffries: 5th Torries: 6th Booker: 27th Schneider: 7th Scholten: 53rd Auchincloss: 25th 31.5K views · 430 likes · 77 reposts · 6 replies 27 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Trump's budget manages to be $361 billion larger than last year's despite cutting $300 billion in public investments. Reason: Trump wants record funding for war. https://t.co/QiFWdtqq1s 1.1K views · 11 likes · 5 reposts · 0 replies 27 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Ignoring the polls on Israel and Palestine worked out so well in 2024, Democrats are poised to do it again in 2026 https://t.co/vdBLxmK9PS 2.3K views · 70 likes · 7 reposts · 1 replies 25 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

If any of these candidates win in '28, Pete Hegseth wins in '32. 54.4K views · 973 likes · 42 reposts · 33 replies 25 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Net favorability among Democrats: Kamala Harris: +63 Pete Buttigieg: +52 Gavin Newsom: +50 Cory Booker: +50 Jon Ossoff: +43 Josh Shapiro: +42 Andy Beshear: +36 Economist/YouGov • August 21–24. https://t.co/KUhEwPwo9j 269.2K views · 712 likes · 105 reposts · 264 replies 25 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

@jstein_notus @MollyJongFast @imeupolicy Is this the Piker Poll? 171.9K views · 149 likes · 0 reposts · 286 replies 25 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

This meeting wouldn't have happened if there wasn't already considerable common ground between Jeffries and Kushner/Trump admin. And Jeffries wonders why he's so unpopular 1.4K views · 45 likes · 7 reposts · 1 replies 23 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

NYT: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries recently met privately with Jared Kushner to discuss potential areas of common ground, according to five people familiar with the meeting. The rare meeting took place at a private location in New York City provided by a mutual friend. h 424.6K views · 860 likes · 287 reposts · 426 replies 23 Aug 2026 · Open on X →